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SUBMITTER: Lang SQ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5768773 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lang Susan Q SQ Früh-Green Gretchen L GL Bernasconi Stefano M SM Brazelton William J WJ Schrenk Matthew O MO McGonigle Julia M JM
Scientific reports 20180115 1
Hydrogen produced during water-rock serpentinization reactions can drive the synthesis of organic compounds both biotically and abiotically. We investigated abiotic carbon production and microbial metabolic pathways at the high energy but low diversity serpentinite-hosted Lost City hydrothermal field. Compound-specific <sup>14</sup>C data demonstrates that formate is mantle-derived and abiotic in some locations and has an additional, seawater-derived component in others. Lipids produced by the d ...[more]